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Large capacity hopper allows you to hold up to 8 lbs of pellets at once

The Tailgater from Traeger offers the convenience and rich flavor of a wood burning pellet grill in a more compact size. With a smaller footprint and legs that fold flat, the Tailgater bronze 20 pellet grill is perfect for apartment balconies, tailgating, or anywhere else you want to bring the wood-fired flavor. This grill is constructed of powder coated steel, and boasts 19,500 BTUs of cooking power. The 300 square inches of porcelain coated grilling surface produce excellent sear marks, while being easy to clean. The EZ-Fold legs offer maximum portability, letting you quickly place the grill in the bed of your truck, the back of your SUV, or the trunk of your car and be on your way. The versatility of this pellet grill allows you to smoke at temperatures as low as 180 degrees and then crank it up to 450 degrees to sear to perfection. The Digital Elite controller displays the temperature inside the grill on the bright orange LED panel and is monitored by a resistance temperature detector probe which keeps the preset temperature within 20 degrees. The natural airflow inside of the grill allows for convection cooking, so you can bake a pizza right on your grill and do not have to turn your meat, unless cooking with high temperatures or if you want even grill marks. Traeger grills feature an auto-start system that is simple and safe to use. When you turn on the grill, the auger begins to feed pellets into the firepot while the draft induction fan feeds air into it. The igniter rod is activated and glows red hot for the first four minutes to ignite the pellets in the firepot. These cost-effective pellets burn at a rate of only 2 lbs per hour on high heat, 1 lb per hour on medium heat and only 1/2 lb per hour when smoking.

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Using as RV Main cooking unit. I have a larger Traeger at home so this one was completely natural for us to use. So easy to get great results.

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Tom55

Statesboro, Georgia

Jul 15, 2019

Verified Purchaser

★★★★★

★★★★★

Performance at great price

This is my second treager. It is solidly built yet easy to move around. The speed settings are better than my older grill. It provides great taste for pork ribs, chicken or anything where you want that woodfired flavor.

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1Smokedude

Various

Mar 15, 2019

Verified Purchaser

★★★★★

★★★★★

RV'ers Dream

I have had my Tailgater for about a year now. We live full time in our motor home and I have smoked ribs, butts, chicken and baked pizzas, cobblers and so many other things. A wonderfully versatile little smoker/grill that we just love. Nice travel size, though I don't use the legs and just set on a picnic table or a little folding table that we carry. Traeger support top notch, second to none!! Got rid of the Weber Q and have not looked back.

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Rich Samko

Undisclosed

Dec 15, 2018

★★★★★

★★★★★

Tailgater Review

I love it. I'm a full time RV'er and this is perfect for the 2 of us. Users very little electricity so it doesn't drain my batteries down very much so it's perfect for our lifestyle. It folds up easily for storage even though on YouTube they tell you it's a pain. It's not. Everything I have made has been delicious. All the Traeger recipes are beautiful to look at when done and taste even better. I have no bad things to say about this smoker.

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Gmanb737

Kansas City

Nov 13, 2017

Verified Purchaser

★★★★★

★★★★★

Simply Awesome

Great compact design with the easy and quality of the bigger smokers

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Lucky Cooker

Leesburg,Ga

Jul 13, 2019

Verified Purchaser

★★★★★

★★★★★

Easy of operation

Had my traeger going on two years now. From out of the box to cooking easy this is hands down the easiest and tastiest grilling I've ever done. No flare ups and taste is great. Plenty large for two to four people. It's very easy to maintain. I'm glad I purchased the cover which is well made. There are many pellet grills that have come out since buying my traeger but guess what, why get a copy when you can get the original.

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james barry

Undisclosed

Dec 17, 2018

★★★★★

★★★★★

Three time buyer

This technically is not a review of this particular model. This is the third Traeger grill that I have purchased. This one is a Christmas present for one of my sons so it hasn't been used yet. I gave my first grill to another son and upgraded to a pro model. Love cooking on my grill but have one small disappointment with the grill. The same issue was also present in my first grill and I assume will be present in the one I just purchased. The problem is that that the hopper draws in the wood chips from the center of the storage bin and eventually all the pellets will be drawn in from the center and the pellets on the sides surrounding the hopper will not be drawn in resulting in the cooking flame extinguishing eventhough there are pellets in the storage area. One other comment. In my opinion the notch for the wire for an external thermometer should be on the side opposite the storage bin since it is necessary to open the storage bin lid while cooking to add more chips. Despite the above comments love cooking on this grill and receive many comments about the great tasting food it produces. great tasting food it produces

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WARNING:This product can expose you to chemicals including, diisononyl phthalate which is known to the State of California to cause cancer, and carbon monoxide, a by-product of combustion from this product, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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